Best Bet | Storytellers to compete Friday night at Kentucky Center

Scott Holzknecht, who hails from the Portland neighborhood, is a finalist in the Moth's GrandSLAM championship round.

It began in 1997 as a kind of storytelling hour in the New York City living room of writer George Dawes Green and has gone on to become a popular radio show called "The Moth," where people are recorded live in front of an audience telling stories - without notes.

Since late 2011, "The Moth" has infiltrated Louisville not only via the public radio airwaves of WFPL, but also live through the station's Moth storytelling events featuring locals. Popular previous participants - including a former priest, a public middle school teacher and a recently commissioned Air Force 2nd lieutenant - are returning to the stage to tell their stories reflecting the theme "Fish Out of Water."

The stories begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Kentucky Center's Bomhard Theater, 501 W. Main St. Guest judges chosen from the audience will determine the winning storyteller, who will win a trip to New York to perform at The Moth Ball on May 14.

For more information, call (502) 584-7777 or visit www.wfpl.org, www.kentuckycenter.org and themoth.org.

- Elizabeth Kramer, The Courier-Journal

Louisville, Kentucky • Southern Indiana

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Best Bet | Storytellers to compete Friday night at Kentucky Center

It began in 1997 as a kind of storytelling hour in the New York City living room of writer George Dawes Green and has gone on to become a popular radio show called 'The Moth,' where people are